Kimberley Mitchell November 24‚ 2014 PHI-3404-01 Professor Daniel Jove Aristotle’s Intellectual Virtues and Moral Virtues Every art and every inquiry‚ and similarly every action and pursuit‚ is thought to aim at some good. That good is happiness‚ which means living well. Health‚ wealth‚ and luck are necessary for happiness. All human action has an end‚ a purpose. There are two types of ends; 1) end for something else 2) end in itself‚ common. For example‚ we go grocery shopping to buy food
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A Virtue Theory is the theory that right actions follow from becoming a moral person‚ and that by becoming a moral person we will automatically know what is right and wrong. When we know what is truly right or wrong we have flourished as humans‚ and we have eudemonia. Virtue ethics is one of the main forms of normative ethics‚ and often called arêtaic ethics (arête- virtue‚ from Greek). It contrasts deontology‚ which emphasizes rules and duties. A virtue is an admirable human characteristic such
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Strengths and Weaknesses Of Virtue Ethics The virtue ethicist suggests that this theory avoids the complicated tasks of using a formula to figure out what we should do‚ by instead focusing on the kinds of persons we sould be. The problem lies in determining how we know what kinds of persons we should be. How are we to determine just what the virtues are? If we don’t know what the virtues are‚ then telling people to live virtuously would be ignorant. The virtues are whatever character
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"Virtue is choked with foul ambition" William Shakespeare "Virtue is choked with foul ambition..." What does it mean? What was the famous William Shakespeare trying to accomplish with this quote? What was in his mind at this time? How can this quote help us? Who was this quote addressed to? Who can explain more about this quote? During this essay I will try to answer these questions‚ I want to know more about this. "Virtue is choked with foul ambition..." But what is a virtue
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Plato’s “Meno‚” Meno is questioning Socrates about the definition of virtue‚ and what it means to be virtuous. Meno‚ however‚ has constructed his own‚ and somewhat materialistic idea about virtue‚ thinking that the definition revolves around wealth‚ gold‚ and other items that represent someone of high rank. Throughout the story‚ Socrates provides Meno with a multitude of questions and examples‚ but never directly states what virtue is. For instance‚ Socrates proved to Meno that knowledge and learning
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Shorthair vs Dragon Li Cats are amazing animals and pets. They are domestic animals belonging to different species like British Shorthair “my cat Max” and Dragon Li “my cousin’s cat Tiger”. The cat belongs to the feline family‚ and it is one of the most popular pets. You may think that you really know everything about cats and all are similar. In fact‚ there are several similarities‚ but at the same time they are different and each one has his personality. In the beginning‚ we will discuss the similarities
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people do not love eating by themselves. Eating alone can be especially sad when you are used to eating with someone you love. On top of that‚ it can be exceptionally sad if you know you will never have the chance to eat with that person ever again. Li-Young Lee’s Eating Alone is a poem about working through the grief of a lost loved one and coming to terms with your own loneliness. In this poem‚ the mention of the feeling “cold” is used as symbolism to show the loneliness that the speaker is feeling
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Virtue ethics is a theory used to make moral decisions. It does not rely on religion‚ society or culture; it only depends on the individuals themselves. Aristotle is the main philosopher of Virtue Ethic. Aristotle’s writings have been read more or less continuously since ancient times‚ and his ethical treatises continue to influence philosophers working today. Virtue‚ according to Aristotle‚ is equivalent to excellence (Hutchinson‚ 41). A man has virtue as a guitarist‚ for instance‚ if he plays
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Virtue Ethics asks the decision maker how the people affected by the decision can achieve happiness. This value states that there is no formula to find a correct decision‚ but the decision maker should consider what behaviors their virtues require in the situation and what impact their behaviors will have on their virtues. Luke must make a decision based on whether telling his brother about the development or keeping the information confidential will uphold his virtues and ensure the
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Virtue and Fortune in Machiavelli’s The Prince Throughout The Prince‚ Machiavelli outlines the characteristics needed to be a strong and admirable leader. He explains that personal characteristics such as courage and compassion‚ both being aspects of virtue‚ will earn him praise. However‚ he feels that this expectation is unrealistic and a prince’s first job is to protect the state‚ and having “bad” characteristics is sometimes necessary to reach that goal. That being said‚ in order to protect the
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